{"product_id":"harold-the-boy-who-became-mark-twain-paperback","title":"Harold: The Boy Who Became Mark Twain - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHal Holbrook\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHarold: The Boy Who Became Mark Twain\u003c\/i\u003e, the beloved stage, film, and television actor Hal Holbrook presents an affecting memoir about his struggle to discover his true self, even as he learned to transform himself onstage. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAbandoned by his mother and father when he was two, Holbrook and his two sisters commenced separate journeys of survival. Raised by his powerful grandfather, who died when Holbrook was twelve, he spent his childhood at boarding schools, visiting his father in an insane asylum and hoping his mother would suddenly surface in Hollywood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs World War II engulfed Europe, Holbrook began acting almost by accident. Through war, marriage, and the work of honing his craft, his fear of insanity and his fearlessness in the face of risk were channeled into discovering that the riskiest path of all--success as an actor--would be his birthright. The climb up that forbidding mountain was a lonely one. And how he achieved it--the cost to his wife and children and to his own conscience--is the dark side of the fame he would eventually earn by portraying the man his career would forever be most closely associated with: Mark Twain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"If I were to conjure an image of an individual who best fits the phrase 'a real American, ' it would be Hal Holbrook. This book shows him as a complete person. You will be compelled by the wit and wisdom of this beautifully composed story of self-determination and survival.\"--Robert Redford\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHal Holbrook\u003c\/b\u003e (1925-2021) was an award-winning, celebrated film, television, and stage actor. His one-man play \u003ci\u003eMark Twain Tonight!\u003c\/i\u003e featured Holbrook portraying the famous author in a touring production starting in 1959 that played across the United States and in Europe. He won a Tony Award for his performance during the show's Broadway run in 1966, and continued playing Twain on tours for more than sixty years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe recipient of five prime-time Emmy Awards for acting, including as Abraham Lincoln in \u003ci\u003eSandberg's Lincoln\u003c\/i\u003e mini-series, he received an Academy Award-nomination for his role in \u003ci\u003eInto the Wild\u003c\/i\u003e. Holbrook also appeared in such films as \u003ci\u003eAll the President's Men\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMidway\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMagnum Force\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWall Street\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Firm\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLincoln\u003c\/i\u003e. He had a recurring role on the sitcom \u003ci\u003eEvening Shade\u003c\/i\u003e, and appeared on such television shows as \u003ci\u003eHawaii Five-0\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGrey's Anatomy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSons of Anarchy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Sopranos\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 468\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.35 x 8.68 x 5.81 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 17, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45336398823526,"sku":"9780374533595","price":41.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/a3NWejF6YVpnYW5jbFBTbWVROXA0dz09.webp?v=1774605028","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/harold-the-boy-who-became-mark-twain-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}